Monthly Archives: December 2013

Well, among many outstanding performances, the man played Santa Clause about as convincingly as it can be done. And it is Christmas, so I guess I shouldn’t be surprised… but last night, I had a reply from Lord Richard Attenborough on Twitter.

(Quick side note – I think I am wrong with the “Sir” part – I believe the correct title is Lord. And the man earned it in full, so I’ll correct that now.)

Anyway, just thrilled that he responded – and with all the elegance you’d expect from a man like this.

Do you know any honest-to-goodness celebrities? I’ve had very, very few encounters with that stratospheric set, in fact, almost none.

Almost.

I do have one encounter, and it’s been something I’ve thought about for many years, because I would dearly love to meet this person again and see if they remember me. I know, that sounds odd and fairly conceited. After all, why should a celeb remember little ol’ me? Well, there is a reason…

So nature, as I mentioned in my last post, won’t be rushed. It appears it also won’t be predicted.

Long story short: the breeder called and said “no puppies.” My response was both intellectual and well considered. I said “Huh?”

To which she replied: “false pregnancy.”

Sheesh. I didn’t even know there was such a thing. Anyway, it appears dogs can have this happen, and it’s not all that rare. They exhibit all the signs of being pregnant, save one: actual puppies.

Anyway, the puppy-born-on-your-kids-birthday wonderment never materialized, but fortune smiled on us in the end – because we found another breeder with chocolate labs that had the original family back out at the last minute – and her li’l fellas were already born… so we’re set – and we’ll get him even sooner than we would have with the original breeder: “Rolo” will arrive December 17th.

Not sure which one is ours, but here’s a picture of him and his original crew.